If I Forget You, Jerusalem! - Studies on the Old Testament - Niels Peter Lemche
3. Justice as Pre-existing World Order
If I Forget You, Jerusalem! - Studies on the Old Testament - Niels Peter Lemche
Niels Peter Lemche [+]
University of Copenhagen
Niels Peter Lemche, has been publishing in the field of Old Testament studies for fifty years. He has been both Assistant Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark, from 1978 to 1986 and Professor of Theology at the University of Copenhagen from 1987 to 2013. He is the founder of the Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, and a member of the board of the Copenhagen International Seminar (Routledge). He has recently edited (in co-operation with Dr. Jim West) Jeremiah in History and Tradition (Routledge, 2019).
Description
Justice was the key concept in the Ancient Near East. Even God had to abide to its rules, thus when he created the world. Justice existed before creation. It demanded that, in Akkadian, kittum and mišarim, in Hebrew ṩedeq and mišpåṭ, “right and justice”, should prevail among humans.